New York state legislature election, 1836

The New York state legislature election, 1836 was held on 1 January 1836 when new members were elected to the New York state legislature. The conservative Democratic Party won the majority of seats due to the majority of the population seeing no need for reform, but the US Whig Party won 38 of the 100 seats, emerging as a powerful threat to the Democrats. The Whigs achieved some of their greatest electoral results of the year in the New York election.